Modi expected to meet Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to conscionable U.S. President Donald Trump connected the sidelines of the G7 summit taking spot successful Evian, France connected June 16-17, authoritative sources person told The Hindu. Mr. Trump has already announced that helium volition enactment successful the G7 acme hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.

The gathering volition people the archetypal enactment between Mr. Modi and Mr. Trump since they past met successful February 2025 successful Washington DC. The sources did not elaborate connected the details of the planned treatment but it is understood that the 2 sides volition screen the bilateral commercialized pact nether negotiation, and different determination and planetary matters of communal concern. The officials provided this information soon after sharing details connected Mr. Modi’s upcoming question docket for France and the Slovak Republic.

The PM’s sojourn to France volition instrumentality spot successful 2 segments, with the archetypal conception stretching from June 13 to June 14, and the 2nd taking spot from June 16 to June 19. He volition clasp a gathering with Mr. Macron connected June 14 successful Nice, which has emerged arsenic an important nexus in the India Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEEC) project that the Government of India has been advocating since the G20 acme of 2023. “In Nice, some leaders volition besides jointly inaugurate the ‘Bharat Innovates’ event, which volition bring unneurotic apical innovation startups and task superior funds from India, France and different countries,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said successful its announcement of the visits.

In betwixt the 2 segments of the France visit, from June 14 to June 16, Mr. Modi volition wage a authorities sojourn to the Slovak Republic, wherever helium volition conscionable Prime Minister Robert Fico. “This volition beryllium the archetypal ever sojourn by an Indian Prime Minister to Slovakia since its independency successful 1993,” the MEA’s stated.

President Droupadi Murmu had visited Slovakia successful April 2025, which was followed by a sojourn from Slovak President Peter Pellegrini for the AI Impact Summit successful February this year. “The sojourn volition reaffirm India’s committedness towards strengthening its bilateral narration with Slovakia successful assorted sectors, including trade, investment, and automobile and railway manufacturing,” the MEA said. Mr. Modi volition besides conscionable Mr. Pellegrini.

Towards the decision of the trip, Mr. Modi volition instrumentality to France to enactment successful the G7 acme successful Evian connected June 16-17. “On the sidelines of the summit, the Prime Minister volition besides clasp bilateral meetings with respective satellite leaders,” the MEA said.

Following this, Mr. Modi volition sojourn Paris connected June 18 for “further bilateral engagements, and to be the VivaTech Summit, Europe’s largest exertion and startup event,” the MEA said. He is besides expected be a gathering with the Indian assemblage successful Paris.